http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/2258-tennis.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/2258-tennis.html http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2107754-monaco-beats-pella-to-reach-final-duesseldorf.html DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Juan Monaco reached the final of the Power Horse Cup by beating Guido Pella 6-4, 7-6 (8) Friday. Monaco is seeded third and the highest-ranked player left in the field. But he needed nearly two hours to overcome his left-handed, 101th-ranked opponent, who was playing in his first semifinal match on the tour after going through ... Fri, 24 May 2013 12:47:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2107754-monaco-beats-pella-to-reach-final-duesseldorf.html 2013-05-24T12:47:53Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2107564-nadal-djokovic-french-open-semifinals.html PARIS (AP) — Seven-time champion Rafael Nadal could face top-seeded Novak Djokovic in the French Open semifinals a year after they met to decide the title. Friday's draw for the clay-court Grand Slam tournament placed Nadal and Djokovic on the same half of the field, while Roger Federer could face David Ferrer in the other semifinal. Federer, the owner of... Fri, 24 May 2013 11:07:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2107564-nadal-djokovic-french-open-semifinals.html 2013-05-24T11:07:41Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2105874-french-open-2013-capsules-women-to-watch.html PARIS (AP) — Women to watch at the French Open, where play begins Sunday: SERENA WILLIAMS Ranked: 1 Age: 31 Country: United States 2013 Match Record: 36-2 2013 Singles Titles: 5 Career Singles Titles: 51 Major Titles: 15 — French Open ('02), Wimbledon ('02, '03, '09, '10, '12), U.S. Open ('99, '02, '08, '12), Australian Open ('03, '05, '07, '09, '10) ... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:06:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2105874-french-open-2013-capsules-women-to-watch.html 2013-05-23T21:06:15Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2106342-10-things-to-french-open.html PARIS (AP) — A look at 10 of the top topics at the French Open, the clay-court Grand Slam tennis tournament that begins Sunday and ends June 9: 1. WHY STOP AT SEVEN? Rafael Nadal already owns a record seven French Open titles — he broke a tie with Bjorn Borg by winning last year — and is widely considered the favorite to add No. 8. He ... Thu, 23 May 2013 20:05:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2106342-10-things-to-french-open.html 2013-05-23T20:05:30Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2105266-monfils-reaches-nice-semis-simon-querrey.html NICE, France (AP) — Second-seeded Gilles Simon of France and third-seeded Sam Querrey of the United States were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Open de Nice on Thursday. Spaniards Alberto Montanes and Pablo Andujar and Frenchmen Gael Monfils and Edouard Roger-Vasselin reached the last four. Wild-card entry Roger-Vasselin beat Querrey 3-6, 7-6 (2), ... Thu, 23 May 2013 19:59:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2105266-monfils-reaches-nice-semis-simon-querrey.html 2013-05-23T19:59:28Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2106314-hampton-through-to-quarters-brussels-open.html BRUSSELS (AP) — Jamie Hampton of the United States came back from 5-1 down in the third set Thursday to beat fifth-seeded Kirsten Flipkens 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 and advance to the quarterfinals of the Brussels Open. Flipkens was the second home player that Hampton has beaten in as many days after she also came back from behind to beat Yanina Wickmayer in three se... Thu, 23 May 2013 19:58:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2106314-hampton-through-to-quarters-brussels-open.html 2013-05-23T19:58:03Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2106182-nadal-favored-seeded-no-1-french-open.html PARIS (AP) — Used to be the French Open was the scene for clay-court specialists and surprise champions. Scan the list of past winners and runners-up. There's Gaston Gaudio and Albert Costa, Guillermo Coria and Martin Verkerk, Andres Gomez and Mariano Puerta. Not so much a "Who's Who." More like a "Who's He?" The women's list features ... Thu, 23 May 2013 19:20:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2106182-nadal-favored-seeded-no-1-french-open.html 2013-05-23T19:20:02Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2105368-cornet-bouchard-reach-strasbourg-semifinals.html STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Third-seeded Alize Cornet and Canadian teenager Eugenie Bouchard won in straight sets Thursday to reach the semifinals of the Strasbourg International. A runner-up last year, Cornet beat Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa 6-3, 6-1, while Bouchard move into the semifinals of a tournament for the first time by defeating Anna Tatish... Thu, 23 May 2013 19:17:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2105368-cornet-bouchard-reach-strasbourg-semifinals.html 2013-05-23T19:17:39Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2105900-french-open-2013-capsules-men-to-watch.html PARIS (AP) — Men to watch at the French Open, where play begins Sunday: NOVAK DJOKOVIC Ranked: 1 Age: 26 Country: Serbia 2013 Match Record: 28-4 2013 Singles Titles: 3 Career Singles Titles: 37 Major Titles: 6 — Australian Open ('08, '11, '12, '13), Wimbledon ('11), U.S. Open ('11) ... Thu, 23 May 2013 17:29:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2105900-french-open-2013-capsules-men-to-watch.html 2013-05-23T17:29:39Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2105814-french-open-2013-tournament-glance.html PARIS (AP) — A quick glance at the French Open, the year's second Grand Slam tennis tournament: Site: Roland Garros. Surface: Red clay. Schedule: The 15-day tournament begins Sunday. The women's singles final is June 8; the men's singles final is June 9. 2012 Men's Singles Champion: Rafael Nadal of Spain. ... Thu, 23 May 2013 17:19:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2105814-french-open-2013-tournament-glance.html 2013-05-23T17:19:53Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2105358-qualifier-pella-advances-duesseldorf-tennis.html DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Qualifier Guido Pella of Argentina mastered cold and damp conditions to reach his first semifinal match on the ATP Tour by beating seventh-seeded Viktor Troicki 7-6 (5), 7-5 in the Power Horse Cup on Thursday. A day earlier, Pella had beaten another Serb, top-seeded Janko Tipsarevic. The 101th-ranked Pella next plays third-seed... Thu, 23 May 2013 15:50:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2105358-qualifier-pella-advances-duesseldorf-tennis.html 2013-05-23T15:50:59Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2103252-querrey-beats-stakhovsky-to-reach-quarters-nice.html NICE, France (AP) — American Sam Querrey reached the quarterfinals of the Nice Open by beating Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 7-5, 6-3 on Wednesday. The third-seeded Querrey broke his opponent three times, while Stakhovsky converted only one of seven opportunities. Querrey will play French wild card Edouard Roger-Vasselin, who rallied to defeat Ricardas Ber... Wed, 22 May 2013 22:48:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2103252-querrey-beats-stakhovsky-to-reach-quarters-nice.html 2013-05-22T22:48:11Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2103320-hsieh-niculescu-lose-2nd-round-strasbourg.html STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Seeded players Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan and Monica Niculescu of Romania were beaten Wednesday in the second round of the Strasbourg International. The fourth-seeded Hsieh lost 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (3) to Misaki Doi of Japan, and fifth-seeded Niculescu fell 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 to Anna Tatishvili of Georgia. Last year's runner-up Alize Cornet dow... Wed, 22 May 2013 19:01:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2103320-hsieh-niculescu-lose-2nd-round-strasbourg.html 2013-05-22T19:01:42Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2102666-del-potro-baker-fish-pull-french-open.html PARIS (AP) — Seventh-ranked Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina has pulled out of the upcoming French Open because of a respiratory virus. Del Potro said in a statement Wednesday that he has not fully recovered and is not fully fit to play. American players Brian Baker and Mardy Fish have also pulled out. Organizers said Baker has not recovered from a righ... Wed, 22 May 2013 14:01:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2102666-del-potro-baker-fish-pull-french-open.html 2013-05-22T14:01:56Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2101308-andy-murray-french-open-to-injury.html LONDON (AP) — Andy Murray withdrew from the French Open on Tuesday because of a chronic back injury and will now focus on preparing for the start of the grass-court season next month. The U.S. Open champion met with specialists this week after being forced to pull out of his second-match against Marcel Granollers of Spain at the Italian Open last Wednesda... Tue, 21 May 2013 22:18:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2101308-andy-murray-french-open-to-injury.html 2013-05-21T22:18:02Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2100252-fognini-stakhovsky-mathieu-advance-nice-open.html NICE, France (AP) — Sixth-seeded Fabio Fognini of Italy rallied past Marco Cecchinato 1-6, 6-1, 6-2 Tuesday in an all-Italian match in the first round at the Nice Open. Fognini won only three points on his opponent's serve in the first set, but broke twice in the second set and three times in the third. He faces French wild card Gael Monfils, who came fro... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:57:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2100252-fognini-stakhovsky-mathieu-advance-nice-open.html 2013-05-21T21:57:37Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2100540-davydenko-loses-1st-round-power-horse-cup.html DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Eighth-seeded Nikolay Davydenko lost his fourth straight match Tuesday, falling 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to "lucky loser" Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia in the first round of the Power Horse Cup. Bedene replaced Dmitry Tursunov of Russia in the main draw and needed less than 2 hours to add to Davydenko's opening-round losses in Munich, Madrid a... Tue, 21 May 2013 19:41:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2100540-davydenko-loses-1st-round-power-horse-cup.html 2013-05-21T19:41:02Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2099896-top-seeded-players-strasbourg-international.html STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Top-seeded Marion Bartoli and No. 2 Tamira Paszek were beaten Tuesday in the first round of the Strasbourg International. Bartoli, the 2007 Wimbledon finalist, lost 6-3, 6-2 to the 88th-ranked Camila Giorgi after dropping serve six times. Paszek was beaten 6-1, 6-4 by wild-card entry Virgine Razzano. Lauren Davis upset sixth-seed... Tue, 21 May 2013 18:44:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2099896-top-seeded-players-strasbourg-international.html 2013-05-21T18:44:13Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2097904-lleyton-hewitt-andreas-seppi-beaten-nice-open.html NICE, France (AP) — Former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt of Australia and fifth-seeded Andreas Seppi of Italy lost Monday in the first round of the Nice Open. Hewitt, playing in this tournament for the first time, was beaten by Pablo Andujar of Spain 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Seppi fell to Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan 7-5, 1-6, 6-4. Lu will next play Andujar, a semifinalist at this... Mon, 20 May 2013 21:40:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2097904-lleyton-hewitt-andreas-seppi-beaten-nice-open.html 2013-05-20T21:40:29Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2098512-opening-day-strasbourg-international-washed.html STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Heavy rain prevented any play at the Strasbourg International, forcing all seven first-round matches to be postponed to Tuesday. Top-seeded Marion Bartoli of France, Tamira Paszek of Austria and Christina McHale of the United States had been scheduled to play Monday. The Strasbourg International is a warm-up tournament for the Fr... Mon, 20 May 2013 20:12:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2098512-opening-day-strasbourg-international-washed.html 2013-05-20T20:12:12Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2098188-jarkko-nieminen-2nd-round-power-horse-cup.html DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Sixth-seeded Jarkko Nieminen of Finland advanced to the second round of the Power Horse Cup by beating Lukas Lacko of Slovakia 6-3, 6-1 on Monday. Brazilian qualifier Andre Gham defeated Go Soeda of Japan 6-4, 6-0. Gham is ranked No. 260 in the world, Soeda is No. 115. Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain landed 80 percent of first s... Mon, 20 May 2013 16:50:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2098188-jarkko-nieminen-2nd-round-power-horse-cup.html 2013-05-20T16:50:03Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2096486-ricardas-berankis-upsets-denis-istomin-nice.html NICE, France (AP) — Ricardas Berankis reached the second round of the Nice Open by beating eighth-seeded Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday. The Lithuanian broke Istomin five times in the opening match of the tournament. He will face Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France, who advanced when Colombia's Alejandro Falla retired with a left calf injury ... Sun, 19 May 2013 18:17:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2096486-ricardas-berankis-upsets-denis-istomin-nice.html 2013-05-19T18:17:33Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2096084-nadal-beats-federer-serena-wins-italian-open.html ROME (AP) — After all these years, Rafael Nadal still knows how to dominate Roger Federer. In the 30th meeting between the two tennis greats, Nadal controlled the final from start to finish to win 6-1, 6-3 Sunday for his seventh Italian Open title. "Rafa was just too good today," Federer said. It tied for the second ... Sun, 19 May 2013 17:18:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2096084-nadal-beats-federer-serena-wins-italian-open.html 2013-05-19T17:18:20Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2096274-rosol-eliminated-1st-round-power-horse-cup.html DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Daniel Brands of Germany upset fifth-seeded Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the Power Horse Cup on Sunday. The clay-court tournament replaced the World Team Cup to become the warm-up event for next week's French Open, the second Grand Slam event of the season. Ivan Dodig of Croatia defeated Blaz... Sun, 19 May 2013 16:02:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2096274-rosol-eliminated-1st-round-power-horse-cup.html 2013-05-19T16:02:25Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2094854-federer-to-renew-rivalry-with-nadal-rome-final.html ROME (AP) — Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will renew their rivalry in the Italian Open final Sunday — exactly a week before the French Open starts. In Saturday's semifinals at the Foro Italico, Federer held off a stiff challenge from rising Frenchman Benoit Paire 7-6 (5), 6-4, and six-time Rome champion Nadal defeated sixth-seeded Tomas Berdych 6-2, 6-4 ... Sat, 18 May 2013 20:41:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2094854-federer-to-renew-rivalry-with-nadal-rome-final.html 2013-05-18T20:41:02Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2092794-top-ranked-djokovic-beaten-berdych-rome.html ROME (AP) — Novak Djokovic can't seem to find any consistency on clay courts. And with the French Open less than 10 days away, he will enter Roland Garros on the back of two early defeats. The top-ranked Serb wasted a chance to serve out the match and was beaten 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 by sixth-seeded Tomas Berdych in the Italian Open quarterfinals Friday. In the s... Fri, 17 May 2013 22:21:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2092794-top-ranked-djokovic-beaten-berdych-rome.html 2013-05-17T22:21:02Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2092812-ap-source-mcilroy-to-set-up-management-group.html Two-time major champion Rory McIlroy is leaving Dublin-based Horizon Sports Management to set up his own management group. A person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press that McIlroy will create his own team run by his father, Gerry, along with close friends and associates. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because McIlroy hasn... Fri, 17 May 2013 22:15:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2092812-ap-source-mcilroy-to-set-up-management-group.html 2013-05-17T22:15:25Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2092752-sick-sharapova-withdraws-rome-quarterfinal.html ROME (AP) — Two-time defending champion Maria Sharapova has withdrawn before her Italian Open quarterfinal match against seventh-seeded Sara Errani because of an illness. The announcement comes less than 10 days before the start of the French Open, the year's second Grand Slam, which starts May 26. Sharapova showed no problems as she beat 16th-seeded Sloa... Fri, 17 May 2013 10:33:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2092752-sick-sharapova-withdraws-rome-quarterfinal.html 2013-05-17T10:33:57Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2090034-nadal-struggles-to-beat-qualifier-gulbis-rome.html ROME (AP) — Six-time champion Rafael Nadal overcame one of the worst opening sets of his career to edge Latvian qualifier Ernests Gulbis 1-6, 7-5, 6-4 on Thursday and reach the Italian Open quarterfinals. Nadal's performance, and sometimes sluggish movement on the court, raised questions about whether he will be able to successfully defend his title at th... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:47:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2090034-nadal-struggles-to-beat-qualifier-gulbis-rome.html 2013-05-16T20:47:42Z